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G. J. SQUIRES.

WASHING MACHINE.

Patented Jan. l, 1889.

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GEORGE I. SQIRES, OF AURORA, ILLINOIS.

WASHING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 395,596, dated January l, i889.

Application tiled `Jeptember 3, 1887. Serial No. 248,686. (No model.)

To all whom 1mm] concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE J. Sources, of Aurora, in the county of Kane and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in wWashingMachines; and Iv do hereby declare that the following isa full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specilication.

My invention relatos to a special construction, the details of which will be apparent from the following.

In the drawings, Figure l is an end view of vthe mechanism, showing a part of the box and the supports for the crank-shaft. Fig. 2 is a side view of the same; Fig. 2a, a detail of Fig. l, showing the cross-bar lowered. Fig. 3 is a cross-section through line x a; of Fig. l. Fig. i shows in plan and in elevation a pyramid-al form of cup; Fig. 5, a front view of an angle-iron. Figs. G, `7, and S show modifications of arrangement, and Fig. 9 a variation in which the cross-har slides on fixed rods.

l l represent inverted cups, of which I usually have six in a machine7 and they are arranged in pairs, two being firmly fastened to each cross-bar, marked 2 in the drawings, (one pair only being shown,) the others bein milarly made and operated. The guiderod 7 is fastened to this cross-bar 2, as shown, and extends upward and through the Crosspieces 6 C, insuring a parallel motion, as they are caused to move up and down by turning the crank-shaft 5, it being understood that each pair of cups is operated from the same shaft, 5, by a crank thereon and by a connectingrod. Such connecting-rod Je is attached to the guide-rod, near the cross-bar 2, b v means of a stud or wristpin, Il, as shown, and this stud secured to and upon the guide-rod by means of a Lset-swenn The top end of the connectingrod is connected to the crank in the usual manner. It will now be seen that when the crank 5 is caused to revolve motion is imparted through the rods .JC to the inverted cups l, and they are caused to move up and ports 9 for the crank-shaft 5. 1].,is well fastened to the support 9 by means down to the exact extent of the throw of the crank. The connecting-rod e is preferably made skeleton or open, (see Fig. 1,) to aocommodate the cross-pieces 6 C, which extend through such opening in the rod.

Referring to Fig. 2, the thickness of the box is shown at l0; also the thickness of the supvA strap-hinge,

of wood-screws, in the usual manner of fastening such hinges. At the longitudinal center of the hinge 11 the support 9 is severed, to allow the whole mechanism (which is secured to the support 9) to be thrown over to one side of the box when4 not in use. To understand how this is done, reference may be made to Fig. 3, which shows a plan view of a portion of the end of the box.

The pieces 8 S are screwed firmly to the box, and the support 9 for the crank-shaft is dovetailed between these pieces, and when in position is held to its place by means of the angle-iron l2 and thumb-screw 13, as shown. This angle-iron is screwed fast to the inside of the box, and where the bolt passes through it it is slotted to permit the bolt to be raised up out of the slot; The support 9 is also slotted from where the bolt passes through it downward to the strap-hinge. The crosspieces G G are firmly fastened to the supports 9 and 92by means of angle-irons and carriagebolts or wood-screws, and the shaft 5 has its two opposite bearings in the same upright supports, 9 and 92; but there is no hinge at the point or line 15 where the support 92 rests on the top edge of box lO.

The operation of the machine may be de scribed as follows: It should be borne in mind, however, that there are preferably three stamps or pairs of cups in a machine, each arranged as shown in Fig. 2, and that each end of lthe box, and also the support for the crankshaft, is arranged as shown in Fig. 2, except that the hinge is at one end. Before putting the clothes to be washed into the box, which may be of any suitable size or shape, the thumb-nut 13 is unscrewed, and all the machinery (including supports, crankshafts, dac.) is raised up until the center of the hinge shall be at or above the top of box 10, and it is then turned over by means of the hin out of the IOO way, leaving the box itself wide open. The clothes are then folded and put into the box and the hot soapsuds poured in. The machinery is again turned over, then lowered into position, and the thumb-nut stightened. By means of the handle 1l in the outside crank, 15,the crankshaft 5, and consecpiently the cranks 16 thereon, be they more or less in number, are caused to revolve, and the inverted cups 1 1 to move up and down. lt is intended to put in water enough to a little more than cover the clothes, so that the stamps, (inverted cups 1,) as they are lifted by the crank, shall come up out ot the water. As they descend they are filled with air, because they are simply inverted cups and have no valve or outlet in the cup through which air can escape, and as they strike the water the air is compressed, and this compression forces the water through the clothes, repeating the operation so rapidly as to thoroughly cleanse the clothes. As the stamps are rendered adjustable vertically by means ot the nuts 17 17, or by raising the crank-shafts and supports 9 92, and as they always force down ragainst the clothes a confined cushion of air, the clothes are never injured, the principle involved being simply to force jets oi water through the clothes by means ol compressed air.

The several cranks are, as shown, so arranged on their shaft 5 that the pairs of stamps will not all move coincidently, but will follow each other, and the clothes that would naturally be raised upward by suction by one pair of ascending stamps will be pressed off and downward again by the next pair of stamps while descending'.

Fig. L.l is a plan and an elevation oli' one form el' metal cups. They may be oli' gray iron, malleable iron, tin, or stamped in sheet metal. ln practice both wood and sheet-metal cups are used, as preferred. These shown in the drawings represent wood.

Instead ot' attaching the connecting-rod i to a stud, 3, it maybe Afastened directly to the center of the cross-bar 2, as shown in Figs. 7 and 8.

The gu idc-rods may be [fastened at their lower ends to the cross-bar 2-as, for instance7 by a shouldered end and nut or nut and washer, as shown in Fig. (i.

Two guide-rods, 7, (see Fig. 7 may be used instead of one, each being firmly secured to the crossbar 2 by such shouldered end, as above stated, and as shown in Fig. (3. This gives great steadiness, as the guide-rods move up and down in line with each other through the cross-pieces 6 C; or, if desired, these two guide-rods maybe fastened to the lower piece G, and the cross-bar 2 may slide up and down on these rods. ln such case it would be desirahle to fasten the upper ends of these rods shouldered ends and nuts to the lower cross-piece (i, and the threads and nuts at their lower ends would then be dispensed with, because the cross-bar 2 would then slide up and down on these rods, which would be stationary. These variations are mechanical equivalents dependent upon whether it be preferred to have the bars 2 ride 011 the rods 7 or to carry these rods with 1hem.

l claiml. In combination with the box orcasc, the slotted supports 92, cleats S S, the alternating stamps and crank-shaft upheld by said supports, hinge 1l, slotted angle-iron 12, and thumb-screw 13, all substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. In a washing-mac]line, the combination of a tank, a frame hinged at one side of said tank, said hinged frame carrying and supporting the crank-shaft and crank-rods, ver tical guide-rods, and a series of inverted cups, the combination serving, upon lifting the frame on its hinge, to lift with it all said devices, substantially as shown, and for the purposes set forth.

3. In combination, the box l0, frame or supports 0 D?, hinged at ll, crai'lk-shat't 5, crosspieces (j G, skeleton rods 4.-, inverted cups l, working alternately in pairs, guide-rods 7, and angle-'iron 12, all substantially as shown and described.

GEORGE J. SQUIRES.

lVtnesses: MILTON D. GUNLY, E. B. MIX. 

